{"id":16320,"date":"2024-08-05T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=16320"},"modified":"2024-08-05T13:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:59:49","slug":"olympic-judge-dismissed-from-games-after-photo-with-athlete-coach-surfaces-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/olympic-judge-dismissed-from-games-after-photo-with-athlete-coach-surfaces-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic judge dismissed from Games after photo with athlete, coach surfaces on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Olympic surfing judge<\/a> was removed from the Olympic Games after a photo circulated online of him alongside a competitor in Tahiti this week.<\/p>\n

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Australian judge Benjamin Lowe<\/a>, Australian surfing team member Ethan Ewing and coach Bede Durbidge took a group photo during the Games during an off day for the competition that raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n

The International Surfing Association released a statement Thursday saying it removed Lowe from the judging panel for the remainder of the competition to “protect the integrity and fairness of the ongoing competition.”<\/p>\n

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“The ISA is aware of a photo circulating on social media<\/a> in which one of the Olympic surfing judges from Australia is seen socially interacting with an Australian athlete and the team manager,” the ISA said. “It is inappropriate for a judge to be interacting in this manner with an athlete and their team.”<\/p>\n

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The decision was made in accordance with the ISA\u2019s code of conduct and the International Olympic Committee\u2019s code of ethics, it said.<\/p>\n

The surfing federation said it had “communicated with all judges and teams to remind them of their responsibilities regarding appropriate behavior.”<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019ve kinda been copping some hate on it online, but I really don\u2019t know the story or have any insight on it,” Ewing told Stab Mag after Lowe’s departure.<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s sad for sure.”<\/p>\n

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Ewing lost his quarterfinal match to fellow Australian Jack Robinson, 15.33 to 13.00.<\/p>\n

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The athlete village during day two of training for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 July 22, 2024, in Teahupo’o, French Polynesia.\u00a0<\/span> (Ed Sloane\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The surfing competitions are taking place in Tahiti, a French Polynesian island that’s nearly 3,000 miles east of Australia and nearly 10,000 miles away from Paris.<\/p>\n

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This is hardly the lone controversy at the Games. A boxer who previously was barred from last year’s world championships for failing a gender test has dominated the women’s 66-kilogram division<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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